The Senate has approved legislation to allocate $70 billion to President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies, concluding weeks of delays and intense opposition stemming from an unrelated $1.776 billion settlement fund that threatened to derail the bill.
Senators voted 52-47 early Friday morning to pass the funding package, which will support Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol for the next three years, covering the remainder of Trump’s term. This vote follows months of Democratic resistance to the funding. The bill now advances to the House of Representatives, where it is anticipated to be considered next week.
